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:lol:matt had a experiance of the red stuff last night :lol: when his 300 overheated and he ran it for 5 mins aswel right in the red :lol: lucky sod no damage been done
Quote from: "thebiggreenthing":lol:matt had a experiance of the red stuff last night :lol: when his 300 overheated and he ran it for 5 mins aswel right in the red :lol: lucky sod no damage been done No damage been done yet...........Give it time my young & inexperianced friend 8) :lol: :lol:
That's not hot....You want to see the manifolds and the exhaust on an engine on the test beds at work when we do full load work...They get that hot you can virtually see through them!!!On a petrol you just dump more fuel down the exhaust (i.e. run it rich) and/or adjust the ignition timing....But on a diesel it's the other way around... more fuel = higher temps (thus EGT)Anything above 800 degrees on a Tdi or Td5 and you start getting towards the material limits for the cast manifold (hence why you get warped manifolds on badly tuned diesels)... much more than this and you will also find the fins on the exhaust side of the turbo will start to break up, and in extreme cases so will the exhaust valves!!In saying that, in the short term, and for short blasts you will get away with higher temps.... I've known 300Tdi's that peak at 1200 degrees!! Ian
Why an EGT guage is handy :lol:
Quote from: "Redlinemike"Why an EGT guage is handy :lol:so was that a standard camera? not low light or owt?